R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets
How the sounds work (The r changes the vowel): Spot the vowel + r: ar, or, er, ir or ur. Read it as one sound: c-ar, f-or-k. er, ir and ur sound the same, so learn which spelling each word uses: bird, turtle, tiger.
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- 1.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) purple (c) popcorn
- 2.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) scarf
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) fork (c) girl
- 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
- 6.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jir
- 7.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) computer (c) turtle
- 9.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) circle (c) computer
- 12.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 13.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 14.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 15.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
- 16.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 17.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) shark (c) burger
- 19.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
- 20.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 21.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 22.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 23.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) jar
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) spider (c) circus
- 26.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 27.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 28.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) computer (c) jar
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) shark
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) corn (c) circus
- 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) ladder (c) dart
- 34.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 35.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 36.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) thermometer (c) guitar
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) unicorn (c) star
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) third
Answer key
- purple
- torch
- girl
- fork
- star
- jar
- scarf
- corn
- ladder
- ur
- circle
- or
- turtle
- ur
- yarn
- ir
- spider
- burger
- dart
- bird
- unicorn
- ur
- tiger
- turkey
- spider
- er
- ar
- or
- computer
- shark
- circus
- or
- ladder
- ar
- turkey
- ar
- ar
- guitar
- unicorn
- third
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